Telegraph Got The Exclusive

Well done to Matt Law for getting the heads up which let the Daily Telegraph steal the march on everybody else – Kyle ‘Hot Dog & A Shake’ Walker is in all but name a Manchester City player.

News that which will undoubtedly be well received by his old lady, but has yet to fire up much angst amongst Spurs fans. I’m somewhat bemused by this reaction given I’ve been pilloried left right and centre for calling him Bonzo – because he’s a harebrained twit – yet set fire to the shirt because you’ve got to get the hell out of Dodge and barely a murmur.

Funny.

Old.

Game.

Kieran Trippier is a Daniel Levy wet dream. Cheaper, cheaper, ultimately less expensive, already on the books, won’t cost as much and for the love of dear god he’s better at playing football.

I know, it’s like the whole footballing world was suddenly a bald man’s sick twisted fantasy.

From article by Tom Collomosse in the Standard – Standard Sport also understands that during talks to finalise the move for Walker, City asked again about Rose.
Fucking goooner lying ‘fake news’ bastard.

Putting transfer activity and football generally into some perspective it’s Bradley Lowery’s funeral shortly today.His best bud Defoe has flown back from a training camp in Spain to attend the service.

Confession time. I ordered a new Real Madrid away shirt on EBay for £14.99 – seller from China. I fully expected a dodgy replica but it looked legit in the photo and at that price I thought what the hell… It arrived and it’s a beauty! Looks legit in every way, as far as I can make out. If it’s a fake it’s an extremely good one, has all the Adidas labels and size guide printing inside the collar etc. So I thanked the guy and asked whether he might have the new Spurs away shirt, and waddya know, he said he has it… (he didn’t have it listed). So, I’ve paid £14.99 (free postage) for that too. I’ll let you know what it looks like when it turns up. If it looks the biz, I’ll share the link to the seller…

I used to get mine from aliexpress. All top notch, complete with numbers, lettering and badges. I think there has been a crackdown on these replica Spurs shirts as they are not as well advertised as some other clubs. It was definitely better than paying $119 AUS for a plain original shirt though.

you think this is a big signing for city? Meh! they have unlimited money! and will be back for Danny rose next season! ive got to be honest i am a bit disappointed in spurs at the moment not taking this very well. unless……

I hope I’m wrong on this but I get the feeling we haven’t seen the end of the Dier speculation for this window. If he decides he wants to go, there’s only one outcome. From the outside, it looks like he wants to play CM and he won’t get to do so with Wanyama the best CDM in the PL. United are offering him that position plus a double-your-money offer. If he speaks up, well… I’m not saying it will happen, but if it does I’ll not be surprised…

KWP looks a very good prospect and ultimately I think can be better than Walker. Short term would like to see him have a couple of games this season but might be too early to see him as proper cover for Tripps.

DL played a blinder for sure, Kyle will probably keep his pace(his only real asset, mo-po coached him to the best he could skill and tactics wise) for two years max, costing the mancs roughly £27 mill a year plus his wages!
Good luck Kyle, enjoy the dough!
Just to back up HH’s views on him, remember the euros in 2016? Kyle went on social media and declared he would rather be biffing some playboy Trollope than play for his country…..

DL played a blinder for sure, Kyle will probably keep his pace(his only real asset, mo-po coached him to the best he could skill and tactics wise) for two years max, costing the mancs roughly £27 mill a year plus his wages!
Good luck Kyle, enjoy the dough!
Just to back up HH’s views on him, remember the euros in 2016? Kyle went on social media and declared he would rather be biffing some playboy Trollope than play for his country…..

£54 million, we’ve had it off! He for me was a flaw in the team. To long to cross and if he did it was normally poor., I’m sure most of our high scoring games tripper featured I could be wrong, I’m happy he’s gone

we made him at Tottenham,he has done well to become a wealthy multi millionaire just kicking a ball and some players up and down the pitch,dont begudge him one penny. feel sorry for the players from just a short while ago who arent well off and have to go cap in hand for help

Not one for I told ya so’s but I said son would have a stonking season, we’d win our last 13 games (close), I said we’d equalise 2 mins before we did against Liverpool when we were under the cosh, I said we’d beat City, Arse and Utd when all looked doomed. Anyways before Barks was a sniff I said he was the man …and a few more . I’ll stick my head out again…we’ll win the league at Wembley and Barks is out next Gazza. 😘

This is beyond surreal! Kyle Walker will officially become the world’s most expensive defender, IN FOOTBALL HISTORY!!! Never in my wildest dreams/nightmares/drunken stupors/would I have ever believed I would be uttering those words! Man City have been right royally Levied!

I thought the Stones transfer was utterly insane, but this tops it. Look, I like Kyle and he has improved exponentially under Poch, but in my opinion he is a system full-back, our system, he doesn’t have anything like the skill set of an Alves for example.

Unfortunately for Walker also, there is going to be a huge weight of expectation from the City faithful for him to seamlessly slot in and fill Zabaleta’s shoes (a full back who I always rated highly). This could well turn out badly for City and for Kyle, unfortunately, who even at his best is not worth more than half of the truly unbelievable fee that City are about to stump up for him!

Walker is a right back form of Sol C**mpbell. Not a great footballer but has the speed to get himself and his team out of trouble. Only one of them is the Northern Hemesphere’s largest cu*t though and it’s not the Yorkshireman

Sorry he has gone as part of the team ,fast and gave us toughness.glad hes gone cant cross and gives away too many fouls in dangerous positions running back to cover bad decisions.tugging at opponents shirts.Cant cross and only cuts back leaving opponents defence and our attack flat footed.Tripps is the best crosser in europe and our goal tally will improve this season he is adequate in defence.

Can’t see a replacement being brought in, more than likely this Juan foyth will come in making him s back up cb upgrading Dier to backup rb .and if all fails we can put sunny there. What’s the worse that can happen

Equals the world record fee for a defender. Has Pep actually seen Walker play? Sideshow Bob & Bonzo the world’s most expensive defenders with Stones not far behind. The thing they all have in common is they can’t defend. How much does that value Toby & Verts at?

Walker improved so much over the last season or two and is the better player in just about every area except his crossing/final ball. We will miss him but hopefully Trippier will continue to improve and we can bring in decent cover.

It`s all pointless anyway. Men kicking an inflated handbag around a grass field. Any idea how many starving children could be fed with crops from our pitch and training ground???? Me neither, but I bet it`s a lot.

The only thing that even comes close to concerning me is messing with the dressing room. As a player, Trippier is as good if not better so can only hope his move doesn’t go that well and he ends up a cautionary tale for others thinking the grass is greener. If he goes and wins the league then we’ll struggle to keep hold of others who want more money and more success.

Some footballers are as thick as two short planks and more often than not, complete wankers. Kyle Walker is only one of those. He has given us 7 or 8 years of sterling and mostly top quality service from which we are emerging £46m to the good. With a ready placed replacement it is all to easy to tell him to clear off and lock the door behind him but he will always deserve a massive reception back at the lane and I think he’ll make Citeh frighteningly good in attack.

Agree with most of this. Spurs fans will see his value in stretching out opposing defensive strategies now that he will be playing in another playground. His ability to latch onto the opposition’s more pacey players will also be missed… Especially on a large pitch.

I’ll miss him tremendously, as will Spurs. The last one to finish up with warmup drills, and the first one in line for the community support. I will still rock his shirt, and either way, I will see him in Nashville.

Great going forward with pace but often makes daft decisions! Thanks Good luck to him!
Sanchez at Ajax is a beast of a central defender, get him in pronto for Wimmer!
Bertrude at Southampton would make a decent replacement for Kyle.
Barkley in the middle! Has a lot to learn but will get coached and grafted, would like to see him with that extra fitness in his game.

Fans not being largely bothered about Walker’s exit kind of speak volumes for the good work Poch and his staff are doing.

A few seasons ago this would have been seen as the beginning of the end of the current side as Walker was a big name in the side whereas now he’s seen as a very useful but replaceable cog in the machine…

Trippier was playing far more effective crosses in whenever he played last season; feels like we’ve been given £50m for a half decent player who was already being phased out. That said, the money needs to be reinvested in the squad, along with the Benteleb fee, if we are to make any headway this window

This is great deal for Spurs only if the money is spent on quality replacements. In reality we will probably buy some chump with chump change who has N’ before their name while the rest ends up in Joe’s arse pocket.

Good business and the cash shouldn’t rest in the account to long as the replacement and squad additions should already be identified. Wouldn’t it be nice to get our signings in for a Poch pre-season instead of playing catchup. Shift your arse Danny Boy.

Cheerio Kyle, and many thanks. You were mostly pretty damn good, but on occasions pretty terrible . Definitely not pretty, which leads me to wonder how you got yourself into this situation in the first place? Never mind, that`s all in the past now. For sure, undoubtedly.

Most of walkers pace has ultimately been used recovering bad positions or chasing balls he didn’t read properly in the 1st place.Although bombing down the line is great to watch our style of play now doesn’t require it as much as the old days.good luck to him I say.veltman is a good call to replace him & put pressure on trippier

I think it’s a good deal, he had a few stinkers last season and also fell out with Poch.
“I know, it’s like the whole footballing world was suddenly a bald man’s sick twisted fantasy” BRILLIANT.. You are quite funny, sometimes. COYS

We have many players that are our crown jewels that would be irreplaceable, especially in money terms that Levy would need to fork out to replace like for like. Walker on the other hand already seems replaced by Trippier, with Walker-Peters coming through and isn’t the Argentinian youth we’re looking to buy possible cover at full back? Thanks for you services and goodbye Walker

Trippier is a better defender. Not as fast but better end product going forward and with a brain more turned on when actually doing the much underestimated task of a right back called defending. Just gutted its a money only deal. I know “swap deals” only happen on the back page of the Star but I was really hoping for Iheanacho.

Maybe Sissoko could play there with Tripier in front. He is a great crosser of a ball. Walker will be missed as eventually he became a good defender who muscled and fouled well. Sissoko can dish it out. Is he quick? I don,t know. He looks it.
Remember the brilliant and best defensive reader of a game Toby A. behind him for cover. Was this his position for France?
Am I mad in thinking this as this bloke has no chance of scoring goals but running from deep he has the Gareth power,